Eighty-Ninth Anniversary of American Independence Celebration

Event Information

Venue(s):
Tammany Hall

Conductor(s):
Marcus Colburn

Event Type:
Band, Choral

Performance Forces:
Vocal

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
26 December 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

04 Jul 1865, 1:30 PM

Program Details

The boys choir from Ward Schools Nos. 48 and 32, directed by Professor Colburn, consisted of 24 pupils. The musical works were performed between addresses, speeches and a poem. “The Sword of Bunker Hill” and “Flag of the Free” were not listed in the program advertised in the New York Herald. C. F. Olney composed “Ode” for the occasion.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Metropolitan Glee Club;  Boys Choir from Ward Schools Nos. 32 and 48;  Seventh Regiment Band;  Marcus Colburn;  Charles F. Olney;  Mr. [unidentified] Raynor
2)
American national airs
aka National melodies; National medley; national songs; National airs
Participants:  Seventh Regiment Band
3)
"America (My country, 'tis of thee)"
aka My country 'tis of thee; My country tis of thee
Text Author: Smith
Participants:  Boys Choir from Ward Schools Nos. 32 and 48
4)
"Sherman’s march to the sea"
Participants:  Metropolitan Glee Club
5)
"Hail, peace, serene"
Participants:  Boys Choir from Ward Schools Nos. 32 and 48;  Mr. [unidentified] Raynor
6)
"Ode"
Composer(s): Olney
Participants:  Boys Choir from Ward Schools Nos. 32 and 48;  Marcus Colburn
7)
"Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! The prisoner's hope"
aka Prisoner's hope; Tramp, tramp, tramp, the boys are marching
Composer(s): Root
Text Author: Root
Participants:  Boys Choir from Ward Schools Nos. 32 and 48
8)
"Sword of Bunker Hill"
Composer(s): Covert
Text Author: Wallace
Participants:  Metropolitan Glee Club
9)
"Flag of the free, The"
Composer(s): Millard
Text Author: Millard

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 04 July 1865, 1.
2)
Review: New-York Times, 06 July 1865, 2.

      Attributes the glees and choruses to the children.  “A large crowd . . .Ward Schools Nos. 32 and 48 were in attendance, with numerous pupils, accompanied by their professors, Messrs. L. [sic] Colburn and C. H. [sic] Olney, and added much to the entertainment of the day by some well-executed pieces, numbering among them the ‘Star Spangled Banner,’ ‘My Country ‘Tis of Thee,’ ‘The Prisoner’s Hope,’ and other patriotic airs, which were enthusiastically applauded by the audience. . . .    . . . [A]nd several glees and choruses [were] admirably sung by the children.”

3)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 06 July 1865, 6.

     Includes a description of the hall and the decorations for the event.  “[T]hose powerful expositors of a certain class of ‘Democratic’ leaders, turned out in full force to aid the Union cause, because it is now the prevailing cause, assembling in the great wigwam about the hour of noon. 

     . . . The 7th Regiment band were in attendance early, and discoursed good and appropriate music, which was ever and anon enthusiastically applauded by the assemblage.”